Georgia Chapter FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS TELEPHONE SUPPORT GROUP The Caring Connection, a free telephone support group, is held two times each month for caregivers who either may live in an area not currently served, or may have difficulty getting out to a support group. For information about the days and times of the meetings, please contact Susan Formby at the Atlanta office at 1-800-272-3900. EARLY MEMORY LOSS SUPPORT GROUPS For additional information, please contact Suzette Binford at the Atlanta office at 1-800-272-3900. The Alzheimer s Association, Georgia Chapter and the Emory Alzheimer s Disease Center at Wesley Woods cosponsor an Early Memory Loss Support Group for persons who have been diagnosed with mild memory impairment and a concurrent group for their care partner. Call Susan Peterson-Hazan at 404-712-6875 for details. Alzheimer s Association Early Stage Support Group For individuals recently diagnosed with Early Stage dementia and their care partners. This group meets once a month at the Atlanta Office. Contact your local office to see if an Early Stage Support Group is offered in your area. Call 1-800-272-3900 for more details. FRONTOTEMPORAL (FTD) CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP A monthly support group for families of individuals diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. 2 nd Tuesdays from 6:30-8:00PM Wesley Woods Hospital AV Conference Room 1821 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30329 David Triemer, PhD 404-405-8083 david.triemer@gmail.com Tori Tinsley, LPC, ATR 404-808-5676 victoriatinsley@gmail.com *PLEASE CALL CONTACT PERSON BEFORE ATTENDING ANY GROUP TO CONFIRM LOCATION AND TIME. BARTOW Cartersville 1 st Monday 4:00 PM Cartersville Medical Center 960 Joe Frank Harris Parkway Classroom #2 (Park @ North Tower entrance) Cartersville, GA 30120 Tracey Grays 678-206-5027 David Craddick 770-362-8672 BIBB Macon 1 st Wednesday 10:00 AM Martha Bowman UMC 500 Bass Road Macon, GA 31210 Mott Smith 478-746-7050 Macon 2 nd Tuesday 3:30 PM Alzheimer s Association 886 Mulberry Street Macon, GA 31201 Mott Smith 478-746-7050 BRYAN Richmond Hill 3 rd Tuesday 6:45 PM Bryan County Health & Rehab 127 Carter Street Richmond Hill, GA 31324 JoAnne McIntosh 912-756-6131 Richmond Hill 4 th Tuesday 5:30 PM The Suites at Station Exchange 3205 TSX Grand Central Richmond Hill, GA 31324 Rich DeLong 912-531-7867 Suites.StationExchange@gmail.com Diane Yeager 912-445-2425 BULLOCH Statesboro 2 nd Monday 10:30 AM Pittman Park UMC 1102 Fair Road Statesboro, GA 30458 Deb BenDor 404-397-7336 gentillygardens@tutera.com Ann Deloach, LPN 912-681-1923 gentillydon@tutera.com BURKE Hephzibah 3 rd Thursday 6:30 PM Pine View Gardens 4255 Hwy 25N Hephzibah, GA 30815 Dory McGahee 706-360-0147
CAMDEN St. Mary s 4 th Thursday 6:30 PM St. Mary s 1 st Presbyterian Church Church Library 100 West Conyer St. St. Mary s, GA 31558 Dianne Torgersen 912-576-2134 CARROLL Carrollton 1 st Tuesday 10:00 AM & 5:30 PM The Oaks of Carrollton 921 Old Newnan Road Carrollton, GA 30116 Lisa Deming 770-832-9010 CATOOSA/WALKER Ft. Oglethorpe 3 rd Wednesday 11:30 AM 1st Baptist Church Ft. Oglethorpe 2645 LaFayette Road Ft. Oglethorpe, GA 30742 Sally Brewer 423-987-4584 CHATHAM Savannah 3 rd Monday 11:00 AM Habersham House 5200 Habersham Street Savannah, GA 31405 Whitney Blake 678-986-7791 wblake@5ssl.com Sequoia Kelly 912-352-0070 skelly@5ssl.com Zinobia Clark 912-352-0070 zclark@5ssl.com 2 nd Monday 10:00 AM Wilmington Island UMC -- Library 195 Wilmington Island Road Savannah, GA 31410 Eddie Meetze 912-236-0363 ext.143 emeetze@seniorcitizens-inc.org Barbara Ashley 912-897-1688 1 st Monday 10:30 AM Skidaway Island UMC Caregiver Support Group-Room 111 54 Diamond Causeway Savannah, GA 31411 Theresa Bayman 912-920-2231 Jan Durham CLARKE Athens On hiatus until further notice 2nd Tuesday 3:00-4:00 PM Arbor Terrace of Athens 170 Marilyn Farmer Way Athens, GA 30606 Tyler Jefcoat 706-769-7277 Athens 3 rd Tuesday Noon The Bentley Center 135 Hoyt St. Athens, GA 30601 Eve Anthony 706-549-4850 Claire Boozer Care available during meeting and lunch provided; Must RSVP. COBB Marietta 1 st Monday 10:30-11:30 AM Aloha to Aging, Inc. 4608 Lower Roswell Rd. Marietta, GA 30068 Dawn Reed 678-777-7241 Email: dawn@alohatoaging.org Marietta 1 st Monday 7:00-8:30 PM Atherton Place 111 Tower Rd. Marietta, GA 30060 Rev. Elata Dowdy 770-421-7363 COFFEE Douglas 4 th Monday 5:30 PM Coffee Regional Medical Center 1101 Ocilla Rd. Douglas, GA 31533 Jody Fussell 912-384-7811 COLUMBIA Evans 3 rd Tuesday 10:30-11:30 AM Alzheimer s Association Augusta Office 106 SRP Drive Suite A Evans, GA 30809 Nancy Wall 706-541-0085 3 rd Tuesday 6:30 PM Brandon Wilde 4275 Owens Road Evans, GA 30809 Chaplain Mike Riddle 706-854-3501 Cathie Newsome 706-854-3519 COWETA Newnan First Thursday 10:00AM-11:00 AM Wesley Woods Newnan 2280 Hwy 29 North Newnan, GA 30265 Chaplain Sharon Edgar Beth Lever 770-683-6833 3 rd Wednesday 2:00-3:00 PM Savannah Court 27 Belk Rd. Newnan, GA 30263 Ellie Farrington 770-253-4402 Susan Goodson Care available with 24-hour notice DEKALB Atlanta- Emory 3 rd Wednesday 4:30-5:30 PM Glenn Memorial UMC (on the campus of Emory University) 1660 N Decatur Rd. NE Atlanta, GA 30307 Rev. Susan Pinson 404-634-3936 Dunwoody For caregivers of persons diagnosed with a dementia under the age of 65 (Younger Onset) 1 st Wednesday 6:30-7:30PM Alzheimer s Assn, GA Chapter 41 Perimeter Center East; Ste 550 Atlanta, GA 30346 Sarah Carson 800-272-3900 FOR TEENS For teens with a close relative who has a diagnosis of dementia Quarterly - date & time as scheduled Alzheimer s Assn, GA Chapter 41 Perimeter Center East Ste 550 Atlanta, GA 30346 For additional information please call 1-800-272-3900 and ask for Kara Johnson in the Atlanta office. 2 nd Thursday 10:00-11:30 AM Dunwoody UMC 1548 Mt. Vernon Rd. Dunwoody, GA 30338 Jo Ann Akers 770-394-0675 Shallowford Each Tuesday 10:00-11:30 AM Shallowford Presbyterian Church 2375 Shallowford Rd., NE Heritage Hall Atlanta, GA 30345 Robby Carroll 404-321-1844 x 250 Ann King 678-684-3946
DOUGHERTY Albany *For Persons with Early Stage Memory Loss and Their Care Partners 1 st Wednesday Noon Central Baptist Church 1618 W 3 rd Ave. Albany, GA 31707 Virginia Griffin 229-888-6555 DOUGLAS Douglasville 1 st Monday 5:45-7:00 PM Woodie Fite Senior Center 8750 Dorris Rd. Douglasville, GA 30134 Brenda Waters 770-942-7111 EFFINGHAM Rincon 2 nd Tuesday 10:00 AM St. Luke s Episcopal Church 155 Goshen Road Rincon, GA 31326 Theresa Bayman 912-920-4701 tbayman@alz.org Non-denominational meeting FAYETTE Fayetteville 3 rd Wednesday 1:30-3:00 PM Cancer Wellness Center at Piedmont Fayette Hospital West Entrance of the 1267 Building Suite 3100 Fayetteville, GA 30214 Tori Sorrells 678-416-3228 Peachtree City 3 rd Thursday 1:30-3:00 PM The Gathering Place 203 McIntosh Trail Peachtree City, GA 30269 Tori Sorrells 678-416-3228 FLOYD Rome 1 st Wednesday 1:00 PM Law Office of Smith, Treadaway, & Joffe, LLC 901 North Broad Street Suite 350 Rome, GA 30161 Regina Wright 706-766-4973 Rome 1 st Tuesday 6:00 PM Floyd Medical Center Kurt Stuenkel Conference Center (Downstairs from main entrance) 304 Turner McCall Blvd Rome, GA 30165 Charisse Durham 706-290-3050 Rome 3 rd Tuesday 6:00 PM Redmond Regional Medical Center 501 Redmond Road Rome, GA 30165 Robyn Matthews 706-325-2236 FULTON Alpharetta 3 rd Wednesday 6:00-7:30 PM Arbor Terrace at Crabapple 12200 Crabapple Road Alpharetta, GA 30022 Deidre Knotts 404-310-4564 safehavendk@gmail.com Atlanta Buckhead 2 nd Thursday 1:00-2:30 PM Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church 2715 Peachtree Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30305 Moira Keller 404-605-3867 4 th Monday 6:00-7:30 PM Wieuca Road Baptist Church Heritage Room 3626 Peachtree Rd. Atlanta, GA 30326 Moira Keller 404-605-3867 3 rd Tuesday 6:30-8:30 PM Sunrise at Buckhead 1000 Lenox Park Boulevard, NE Second Floor Activities Room Atlanta, GA 30319 Pat Bojarski 770-963-2056 For adult children Refreshments served Roswell 4 th Thursday 10:30-11:30 AM St. George Village 11350 Woodstock Rd. Roswell, GA 30075 Meredith Swinford, LMSW 678-987-0410 GILMER Cherry Log 2 nd Tuesday 1:00 PM Cherry Log Christian Church 1149 Cherry Log St. Cherry Log, GA 30522 Paul Porter 706-636-4165 Robin Norsworthy 706-635-7627 GORDON Calhoun 3 rd Tuesday 6:00 PM Morning Pointe Assisted Living 660 Jolly Road Calhoun, GA 30701 Mary Braden 770-548-4683 Karen Parrott 706-346-5220 GWINNETT Duluth 2 nd Thursday 7:00-9:00 PM Sugarloaf United Methodist Church 1795 Old Peachtree Road Duluth, GA 30097 Suzanne Walker 770-513-0761 Karen Decker 404-695-4887 4 th Wednesday 6:30-7:30 PM SarahCare of Snellville 1567 Janmar Road Snellville, GA 30078 Susan Munroe 770-685-6971 HALL Gainesville 1 st Tuesday 10:00-11:30 AM First Presbyterian Church 800 South Enota Drive, N.E. Gainesville, GA 30501 John McMillon 706-429-6665 Email: counselorjbm@yahoo.com Gainesville 2 nd Tuesday 2:00-3:00PM The Guest House, Inc. 360 Oak Street Gainesville, GA 30501 Erin Kaschub 770-535-1487 HART Hartwell 3 rd Monday 3:00-4:00 PM Brookdale-Hartwell 45 Walnut Street Hartwell, GA 30643 Kathy O Brien 706-376-6166
HENRY McDonough 2 nd Tuesday 10:00-11:30 AM 2 nd Tuesday 7:00-8:30 PM Salem Baptist Church 1724 Highway 155 North McDonough, GA 30252 Beverly Young 770-957-5645 HOUSTON 4 th Tuesday 7:00 PM Houston Healthcare Classroom #1 1601 Watson Blvd Warner Robins, GA 31093 Jimmy Hall 478-923-2532 Judy Cook 4 th Thursday 7:00 PM Peachbelt Rehab Center 801 Elberta Road Warner Robins, GA 31088 Jerry Bisping 478-397-4669 JOHNSON Wrightsville 4 th Tuesday 7:00 PM Senior Citizen Center 122 Hilton Holton Drive Wrightsville, GA 31096 Mary Dixon 478-469-3409 LAMAR Barnesville 4 th Tuesday 6:30 PM First United Methodist Church 375 Thomaston Street Barnesville, GA Leesa Woodall 770-358-4516 LAURENS Dublin 1 st Thursday 1:30 PM Carl Vinson VA Medical Center 1826 Veterans Blvd. 12-A Family Room Dublin, GA 31021 Megan Dudek 478-272-1210 ext. 3583 LONG Ludowici 3 rd Tuesday 6:00 PM Coastal Manor Nursing Home 82 Ludowici Industrial Park (Off Hwy. 84) Ludowici, GA 31316 Pam Siefken 912-545-3392 LOWNDES Valdosta 4 th Tuesday 6:30 PM Langdale Place 2720 Windemere Drive Valdosta, GA 31602 Misty Sasser 229-247-4300 Marie Sims 229-333-1074 Care available during meeting. 3 rd Wednesday Noon VSU-My Friend s House 109 West Moore St. Valdosta, GA 31698 Phyllis Alverez 229-293-6146 Care available during meeting. Please call for details MERIWETHER Warm Springs 2 nd Sunday 2:00 PM First Baptist Church 5700 Spring Street Warm Springs, GA 31830 Pat Hunt, RN 706-655-3812 MURRAY Chatsworth 2 nd Tuesday 7:00 PM Murray County Senior Center 820 G.I. Maddox Pkwy. Chatsworth, GA 30705 Melissa Boyd, RN 706-517-1600 MUSCOGEE Columbus 1 st Monday 5:30 PM Heritage Hills Alzheimer s Special Care Center 3607 Weems Road Columbus, GA 31909 Kimberly Newton 706-576-4811 Columbus 1 st Thursday 6:00 PM Columbus First Seventh Day Adventist Church 7880 Schomburg Rd. Columbus, GA 31909 Gene Davis 706-561-7601 3 rd Tuesday 2:00 PM Brookside Glen Assisted Living 400 Bradley Park Dr. Jenny Folds 706-322-3040 3 rd Wednesday 9:00 AM Magnolia Manor 2040 Warm Springs Road Lori Duggan 706-324-0387 x 2535 lduggan@magnoliamanor.com Charles Gandy 706-324-0387 x 2513 cgandy@magnoliamanor.com Pam France 706-324-0387 pfrance@magnoliamanor.com 4 th Tuesday 6:00 PM Oasis Adult Day Center 2000 16 th Avenue Columbus, GA 31901 Kay Saunders 706-320-3700 4 th Tuesday 12:45 PM St. Luke United Methodist Church (Conference Room) 1104 2nd Avenue Columbus, GA 31909 Carol Boers 706-256-3117 Mabry Collins 706-256-3117 Last Monday of month 6:00 PM Muscogee Manor Rehabilitation Ctr. 7150 Manor Road Columbus, GA 31907 Denise Bass 706-256-2470 Jean Davis 706-256-2470 *For Persons with Early Stage Memory Loss and Their Care Partners 4 th Thursday 6:30 PM Alzheimer s Association 5900 River Rd; Ste. 303 David Marlowe 800-272-3900 PICKENS/DAWSON Marble Hill 2 nd Monday 1:00 PM Trinity Evangelical Church 2685 Steve Tate Highway Marble Hill, GA 30148 Ada Holley 770-893-4660 *Note: Call by Friday prior to meeting to make reservation for care provided during meeting
Jasper 4 th Monday 1:00 PM Fellowship Presbyterian Church ECO 389 Bent Tree Drive Jasper, GA 30143 Ada Holley 770-893-4660 *Note: Call by Friday prior to meeting to make reservation for care provided during meeting POLK Cedartown 2 nd Tuesday 6:00 PM Anna Kresge UMC 15 Booger Hollow Road Cedartown, GA 30125 Rev. Allen Carmichael 770-748-4308 Rockmart 1 st Thursday 7:00 PM First Baptist Church of Rockmart 311 E Elm Street Rockmart, GA David Smith 770-243-9877 PUTNAM Eatonton 3 rd Wednesday 10:00 AM First Baptist Church 115 N Madison Ave. Eatonton, GA 31024 Janice Turner 706-485-3331 RICHMOND Augusta 1 st Thursday 10:00 11:00 AM Kroc Center 1833 Broad Street Augusta, GA 30904 Don Hostetler 803-279-6456 *Note: This is a Caregiver Group only SPALDING Griffin 3 rd Thursday 2:00-3:00 PM Spalding County Senior Center 885 Memorial Drive Griffin, GA 30223 Martha Dennis or Leslie Stewart 770-233-6179 SUMTER Americus 1 st Tuesday Noon Magnolia Manor Garden Apts. Retirement Center 2001 S. Lee Street Americus, GA 31709 Nikki Jones 229-931-5943 Lunch Provided THOMAS Thomasville Last Monday 11:00 AM Plantation Manor 220 Park Avenue Thomasville, GA 31792 Betty Sawyer 229-227-0880 TIFT Tifton 2 nd Thursday 4:00 PM Leroy Rogers Senior Center 315 2 nd Street West Tifton, GA 31794 Buffy Hankinson 229-388-8219 TOOMBS Vidalia 1 st Tuesday 7:00 PM Meadows Wellness Center 1703 Meadows Lane Vidalia, GA 30474 Lauren Collins 912-538-9700 Sharon Proctor, RN 912-277-2058 TOWNS Hiawassee 1 st Tuesday 1:30 PM McConnell Baptist Church 84 Church St. Hiawassee, GA 30546 Carol Armstrong 706-896-6407 TROUP LaGrange 2 nd Thursday 5:00 PM Vernon Woods Assisted Living 101 Vernon Woods Dr. LaGrange, GA 30240 Michelle Smith 706-812-2899 TWIGGS Dry Branch 2 nd Saturday 6:00 PM New Community Life Church 842 Jeffersonville Road Dry Branch, GA 31020 Celena Williams 478-775-5878 UNION Blairsville 1 st Monday 6:00 PM Cadence Bank 361 Blue Ridge St. Blairsville, GA 30512 Sharon Penner 770-789-2044 UPSON Thomaston Last Thursday 7:00 PM Thomaston Reflections 302 South Bethel St. Thomaston, GA 30286 Elaine Walker 706-647-1607 WARE Waycross 4 th Tuesday 12:30 PM Senior Behavioral Center 3 rd Floor Classroom 410 Darling Ave. Waycross, GA 31501 Ashley Tuttle 912-338-7323 WHITFIELD Dalton Last Tuesday of the Month 12 PM RossWoods Adult Day Services 1402 Walston Avenue Dalton, GA 30720 Laurie Parker 706-270-9628
ATLANTA 41 Perimeter Ctr E Suite 550 Atlanta, GA 30346 Sarah Carson AUGUSTA 106 SRP Drive Suite A Evans, GA 30809 Beth Williams COLUMBUS 5900 River Road Suite 301 David Marlowe DALTON 922 East Morris St. Dalton, GA 30721 Rebekah Davis MACON 886 Mulberry Street Macon, GA 31201 Mott Smith SAVANNAH 201 Television Circle Savannah, GA 31406 Theresa Bayman TIFTON 225 E. Second Street Tifton, GA 31794 Buffy Hankinson HELPLINE 1-800-272-3900 Website www.alz.org/georgia Rev. 10/14/2015 P:\Depts\Programs\Support GroupsList